RHEL 8 : Red Hat Virtualization Host security update [ovirt-4.5.3-3] (Important) (RHSA-2022:9029)

high Nessus Plugin ID 168735

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for Red Hat Virtualization Host.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2022:9029 advisory.

- krb5: integer overflow vulnerabilities in PAC parsing (CVE-2022-42898)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL Red Hat Virtualization Host package based on the guidance in RHSA-2022:9029.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?17979176

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:9029

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2140960

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2150769

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 168735

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2022-9029.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/14/2022

Updated: 4/28/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-42898

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:redhat-virtualization-host, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:redhat-virtualization-host-image-update

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/14/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/15/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-42898

CWE: 190

RHSA: 2022:9029